Principal Information Systems Architect
This role has been designed as "Onsite" with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE partner/customer office.
Job Description
Principal Information Systems Architect
Cloud Infrastructure & Enterprise Solutions
We are looking for a Principal Information Systems Architect to join our Benelux Consulting and Professional Services organization.
In this role, you will act as a trusted advisor to our customers, helping them navigate complex technology decisions while designing secure, scalable, and future-proof solutions.
Working closely with customers, delivery teams, project managers, and fellow architects, you will translate business challenges into practical cloud, infrastructure, storage, and data protection solutions. You will play a key role in shaping solution architectures, guiding delivery teams, and ensuring successful outcomes in complex enterprise environments.
By combining technical expertise with strong consulting and communication skills, you will help customers make informed technology decisions and successfully execute their modernization and transformation initiatives.
You are comfortable engaging with stakeholders at all levels, from technical specialists to executive leadership, and excel at uncovering customer needs, challenging assumptions, and converting business requirements into effective technology solutions.
What You'll Do
•Lead customer workshops and discovery sessions to understand business challenges, requirements, and strategic objectives.
•Translate customer needs into practical and scalable cloud, infrastructure, storage, and data protection solutions.
•Design end-to-end architectures that align with business, security, operational, and financial requirements.
•Act as the technical lead for complex projects and transformation initiatives.
•Develop technology roadmaps and long-term IT strategies for enterprise customers.
•Provide architectural governance throughout the solution lifecycle.
•Collaborate with delivery teams to ensure successful implementation of designed solutions.
•Support account and sales teams by providing technical expertise during customer engagements.
•Build strong relationships with stakeholders ranging from technical teams to executive leadership.
•Identify risks, dependencies, and opportunities within complex IT environments.
•Advise customers on modernization, cloud adoption, security, resiliency, backup, and disaster recovery strategies.
What We're Looking For — Required Experience
•10+ years of experience in IT Architecture, Enterprise Infrastructure, Cloud Architecture, or Solution Architecture.
•Proven experience designing and delivering solutions in complex enterprise environments.
•Strong experience with cloud platforms, hybrid cloud architectures, and infrastructure modernization.
•Experience with enterprise storage, file services, backup, and recovery solutions.
•Experience working with medium-sized to large organizations.
•Experience gathering requirements, leading workshops, and translating business needs into technical solutions.
•Experience working within large multidisciplinary teams.
•Fluent Dutch & English.
Technical Expertise
Experience in one or more of the following areas:
•Microsoft Azure
•AWS
•Hybrid Cloud Solutions
•Enterprise Infrastructure
•Backup & Recovery Solutions
•Cohesity (strongly preferred)
•Storage & File Services
•Data Protection
•Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
•Security & Compliance
•Infrastructure Transformation & Migration
Success in This Role
The ideal candidate combines technical expertise with strong consulting capabilities. You know how to:
•Ask the right questions to uncover the real customer challenge.
•Challenge assumptions and guide stakeholders toward the best solution.
•Explain complex technical concepts in business language.
•Influence decisions at both technical and executive levels.
•Build credibility as a trusted advisor.
•Balance strategic thinking with practical execution.
You are comfortable navigating environments where stakeholders have differing opinions and competing priorities while maintaining focus on achieving the best outcome for the customer.
Preferred Qualifications
•Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
•Understanding of Architectural concept.
•Experience with enterprise transformation and modernization programs.
•Experience engaging with executive stakeholders and senior leadership teams.
What We Can Offer You
Health & Wellbeing — We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.
Personal & Professional Development — We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.
Unconditional Inclusion — We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.
